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The Wenchi High Court presided by Justice Fredrick Arnold Nawurah has quashed a restraining order filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against the inauguration of Mr Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Techiman South Constituency.
The Party filed the injunction praying the court to restrain the inauguration of the MP-elect and challenged the validity and outcome of the parliamentary election results in the Constituency.
The petitioners accused the EC of manipulating collation of results in favour of the MP-elect, and believed their candidate Mr Christopher Baasongti Bayere, won the parliamentary seat in the just ended General Election.
But, at the court’s sitting on Tuesday, Justice Nawurah indicated that the petitioners had no case, saying the document presented by the NDC was inconsistent and had no substance.
Later, Mr Kwabena Asare, counsel for the MP-elect told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) his client was not served with any court notice.
A post-election violence erupted in the Techiman Township, left two dead while four others perceived to be supporters of the NDC sustained gunshot wounds.
The incident happened around 1530 hours at the Techiman Bonokyempem hall on Tuesday, December 7, when Mr Sampson Ofori Gyamfi, the Techiman Municipal Electoral officer, declared Mr Korsah winner of the parliamentary elections.
According to the EC, Mr Korsah secured 49,682 votes to beat his keen contender, Mr Beyere, who had 49,205 votes.
The total votes cast for the parliamentary elections were 99,828, total valid votes 98,887, and there were 941 rejected ballots.
Not satisfied with the EC results and declaration, some aggrieved supporters of the NDC attempted to forcibly break into the Bonokyempem hall where the collation of results was being held, but security operatives did not allow them to do so.
The situation led to a heightened misunderstanding between the security operatives and the NDC supporters, and in the cause of the melee, the security personnel fired gunshots to disperse the crowd.
Two people were reported to have died from the incident.
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